Sony wants to strengthen the social dimension of PS5 by allowing players to help each other via visible messages directly in-game.
These messages may take the form of texts, images or sounds, and may be integrated into single-player games as well as multiplayer games.
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The end of walkthroughs for PS5 games?
Sony is obviously on a mission to make the PS5 a console with the most developed social dimension possible. A first step had already been taken by the Japanese manufacturer by publishing specific advice for each game.
However, a new patent filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment intends to push this functionality even further. The company would thus work on a system allowing players to help each other via advice taking the form of images, texts or sounds.
As shown in the image taken from Killzone 2, above, this system would allow the placement of tooltips or other elements to warn his peers of dangers ahead or to point them in the right direction. Developers will also be able to integrate their own tips to supplement those of players, however at an additional cost.
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The Dark Soulisation of in-game tips
Players of the Soulsborne genre, recently carried by the excellent remake of Demon's Souls on PS5, are very familiar with this concept of in-game messages.
Given the difficulty inherent in its games, From Software has indeed introduced for nearly 10 years a system allowing players to leave marks on the ground providing a more or less welcome help to the following. We will of course remember the troll messages, like “No chest straight ahead, praise the Sun” (the real ones know) placed in front of the character allowing you to level up in the central hub.
This system, generalized to all PS5 games, is part of a survey conducted internally at Sony. This brought up key points visibly preventing some players from persevering in particularly difficult games. Among them, we found the fact of having to search the Internet in search of walkthroughs and tips…
Also, by allowing players and developers to leave messages directly in-game, Sony kills two birds with one stone: players should be more inclined to continue playing and not have to take breaks to find the solution to a given problem.
